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Gratitude

April 10, 2006

Thank you all for your encouragement. I especially appreciate your stories, it’s amazing how common, but hidden, mental illness is. This is as public as I have been with something that’s been a part of my family’s life since I was 11. The added bad news is that my mother removed herself from the waiting list for housing near me without saying anything. We now have to start from scratch.

I’ve been dealing with Bryant’s pukey flu. It’s been a long time since I had a middle of the night emergency clean-up with one of the kids. He managed to spew across the bed, onto the floor and into the desk drawer. It even managed to make its way underneath the mattress. The only comfort was that I am now aware that my 15 year old actually eats peas.

Working away on my Heavenly wrap. It’s been two rows forward, six back. If I don’t take the time to count the stitches after each row, I end up ripping back. It’s not easy ripping back because of the sticky mohair content and I pull out more stitches than intended. It’s far more sparkly than in the photo. I just read that mohair rips more easily if you put it in the freezer for half an hour. Maybe it’s nature at work; something that keeps the goats from sticking together like velcro when the herd huddles together in the winter. Isn’t that an image?

Here’s a good lead on a yarn sale: Chez Casuelle – 20% off all yarn and free shipping to the US or Canada for orders over $25 or $15 to anywhere else in the world! Thanks to reader, Claudia. If I owned a knit shop I would stock it like this one.

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5 responses to “Gratitude”

Dorothy

April 10, 2006

Once again you have given us way too much information! But give Bryant hugs from us (just don’t tell him – 15-year-old boys are kinda funny about that). Several years ago we went through some issues with my husband’s parents. Too complicated to go into and involving poor behavior rather than mental illness, but the results for us were the same – constant worry and uproar in our lives. I guess one of the things that we came out of it with was that we will try so hard to make our children’s lives easier, not harder, as we grow old. Thinking of you!

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Mari

April 10, 2006

Yeah, really, did we actually have to hear about how far Bry’s puke went?! I did laugh SO hard reading the one entry about how Gracie ate your $60!!! So which do you think is the worst: money, a bottle of glitter glue, a watermelon candle or a bottle of tetracyclene?

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Rebekah

April 10, 2006

What a great tip! Of course now everytime I try it, I’ll be imagining those goats in winter.

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Lori

April 10, 2006

Hello. I happened onto your blog tonight. So sorry about your mother and your son being sick and all. This sandwich generation is quite the thing, isn’t it? Meanwhile, I think your knitting is fantastic, and I’d love the pattern for the Herringbone Rib scarf. I’ve made a “so-called scarf” from some Manos, but I have some more waiting to be knitted. The Herringbone Rib seems to be just the thing. Thanks, and good luck.

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Liberty

April 11, 2006

I am sorry to hear about your son, I sure hope he gets better soon. Best wishes with your Mom, it can be such a rotten position to be in. My parents just moved back to Kalamazoo to care for my grandparents, they have their own home and are mostly independent. And even so, they are driving my parents crazy. Just know that all of us silly knitting bloggers are behind you. 🙂
Try putting the mohair in the freezer prior to frogging.
Thanks for the comment, we saw the Burlington Bob’s…but we wanted the Sudden Valley Bob’s. We miss Sudden Valley, but our trip was tons of fun. What’s your favorite Bob’s Burger?

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